New book explores managing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes without drugs
A University of Virginia diabetes researcher has introduced a behavior-based program that aims to help people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes regulate blood glucose...
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Natural biopolymer beads offer smart, sustainable solution for wastewater treatment and beyond
Industrial pollution is placing unprecedented pressure on freshwater resources, but a new generation of biodegradable materials could offer a more sustainable way to remove toxic...
Multi-database study identifies cervical cancer targets tailored to tumor subtypes
Cervical cancer may need more than a single therapeutic strategy, according to a new study that combines large-scale gene-expression analysis with laboratory testing to identify...
New Process Turns Wastewater Carbon Negative Through Sequential Heat and Electrochemical Treatment
Wastewater treatment has long been viewed as an unavoidable environmental expense: a system that consumes electricity, produces sludge and releases greenhouse gases while cleaning water...
Scientists Build Living Circuit Boards Using Printed Bacterial Transistors
Scientists have built living circuit boards by printing bacterial cells into carefully arranged patterns, creating reconfigurable biological computers that can perform logic operations without altering...
CTPS1 Drives Lung Adenocarcinoma Progression, Revealing a Targetable Vulnerability
A metabolic enzyme best known for helping cells build the genetic material needed for growth has emerged as a potential weakness in lung adenocarcinoma, the...
Dongguk University Researchers Develop Electromagnetically Controlled Gene Switch
Researchers at Dongguk University in South Korea have developed an electromagnetic-field-responsive gene switch that can activate and deactivate genes inside living animals with remote, non-invasive...
High-resolution sequencing reveals genes shaping embryonic leaf development in maize
A new study is giving scientists an unusually detailed view of how the maize embryo builds its first leaves, using a technology capable of reading...
Nutritional Confounding and Reporting Gaps Limit Conclusions From JASMINE Trial
A new critique of the JASMINE Trial is drawing attention to one of the most difficult problems in clinical research: determining whether an observed health...
Wearable Sensors and AI May Enable Continuous ICU Blood Pressure Monitoring
Wearable Sensors and Artificial Intelligence Bring Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Out of the ICU A pair of wearable sensors combined with an artificial intelligence system...
Hebei Medical University Researchers Examine Management of Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
For patients trapped in prolonged disorders of consciousness, the difference between profound awareness and apparent unresponsiveness can be almost impossible to see from the outside....
Electronic conductivity in solid electrolytes drives physical self-discharge of all-solid-state batteries
All-solid-state batteries have long been promoted as one of the most promising routes toward safer, higher-energy electric vehicles. By replacing the flammable liquid electrolyte used...
Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering, pooled CRISPR screens in myeloid cells
Primary human myeloid cells are emerging as important components of next-generation immunotherapies, but they have traditionally been difficult to engineer at the scale and precision...
How plants silence jumping genes without harming essential genes
Researchers in Japan have uncovered how plants distinguish dangerous “jumping genes” from essential genes when establishing DNA methylation, a chemical marking system that can silence...
Hanbat University researchers develop physics-informed AI to rapidly optimize thermal energy storage
Buildings could soon get a powerful new tool for cutting heating and cooling demand: an artificial-intelligence system that learns the physics of latent heat thermal...